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Social anthropology comparison and context the origins of social anthropology the course of inquiry why we believe we know something field work, interpretation and analysis, anthropology as politics the social person the societal character of humans social statuses and relationships, roles. Bibliography includes bibliographical references p. Here you can find some summaries of the different subjects. The author, melanie lee, has spent most of her life in singapore, a minuscule island in southeast asia packed with millions of people. An introduction to social and cultural anthropology anthropology, culture and society 2nd revised edition by thomas hylland eriksen isbn. Booktopia has small places, large issues, an introduction to social and cultural anthropology by thomas hylland eriksen. It is rather an opportunity for approaching large issues such as spatial exclusion through the small facts of a familys everyday life geertz, 1973. Since the program of anthropology has been changed with the new bachelormaster system, the content of these summaries may not be uptodate.
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